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EYEWITNESS 6
THE ENGRAVER
Alex Harvey
Rumors arose that Harvey had begun carving Van de Velde's name into the Jug before the final putt dropped, but Harvey says it never happened.
"No, I didn't start engraving the Jug with his name. I've got to wait until the secretary hands me a slip of paper with the winner's name on it, and they always wait until the last putt is dropped. I have a TV monitor beside me to get confirmation of who the winner is, but Peter Dawson, chief executive of the Royal and Ancient, comes in and gives the go-ahead for me to start. I never really thought [Van de Velde] was going to win, though. I know very well that anything can happen. Engraving the winner's name only takes me between five and 10 minutes. I engrave the dates already and part of the score and the venue, and then I just leave room for the name. That's how it gets done so quickly."
